I played around with the sketch a little, but hey, that's called artistic licence, right! Try as I might I just couldn't get my stamped kitty into a square so I swapped the circle and square around! The stamp is a Penny Black called 'embroidered' and I coloured with watercolour pencils. The papers are 'sew lovely' by Carta Bella and are available here in the Buttons for Brains shop.

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Monday, 28 April 2014

But then I do love bright spotty papers! And they don't come much brighter than these. They are from the 'Its a Celebration' paper pad by Carta Bella. I have them in stock now over in the Buttons for Brains shop.

Righty ho, short and sweet tonight, want to claim my place on the sofa for Game of Thrones.

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Hello. It's Sunday and so I have my regular card featuring an image from The DigiStamp Boutique. This week I have used Bathtime Bobbi. He is totally adorable all snuggled up in his blanket. I coloured the image with copic pens.

Sunday, 20 April 2014

My card today features an adorable little bird from the Sweet Birdie set over in The DigiStamp Boutique which I coloured with prisma pencils. All the other items I used - papers, alphabet stickers, and twine can be found in the Buttons for Brains shop.

For my card I used an old Penny Black stamp called Bun-Bun and did a teeny bit of watercolouring. The papers and the little alphabet stickers are from the 'mon ami' range by Basic Grey. They are available to buy here in the BforB shop.

You get eighteen 6x6 papers, all very trendy and cool designs.

One elements sticker sheet which is 12x12 and perfect for quick cards, accents and scrapbooking.

And one alphabets sticker sheet, this is also 12x12 and includes three different alphabets. The little yellow ones I used on my card plus two others you can just about see in the pic' above. More details here.

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Monday, 14 April 2014

Hello. Today I wanted to show you a quick and easy card using papers and 'whatnots' from the Black & White collection by Glitz. The papers, as the name would suggest, are mainly black and white but there are beautiful touches of grey and red. Perfect for modern wedding cards or anniversary cards. Or, if you are the kind of person who likes to be organised 10 months in advance - Valentines!

Sunday, 13 April 2014

Hello. It's Sunday and my regular visitors will know this is the day I share my DigiStamp Boutique card, so here I am! How many of you would love to have a little crafty palace like this one? I know I would.

It actually reminds me of Calamity Jane when Doris day was giving her little shack the 'woman's touch' - am I showing my age now?

I coloured the image with copics. The gingham paper and accordion flower stickers are available to buy in the Buttons for Brains shop.

Monday, 7 April 2014

Hello. I've not done a Monday's News post for ages. Been so busy with the shop opening and magazine commissions, not complaining though - I love it!

Anyhoo, I have a cute set of cards in Papercraft Essentials. I got to play with some of the new Penny Black stamps and did some watercolouring. But you'll need to hurry if you want a copy, the new issue is out this Thursday (but that'll be next Monday's news).

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Hello. First of all thank you for all the well wishes for the shop (here and on facebook). Business is steadily growing and I am so pleased with the feedback I have received. Everyone is loving the kits I have put together. The sales rep' from Personal Impressions is coming to meet with us tomorrow. So fingers crossed for more gorgeous stock soon!

In the meantime I have another two cards to share made using kits from the shop (there are only a few left and these ones will not be re-stocked). The top card was made using the Garden Kit and the one below the Curiosity Kit.

Hello, I'm Liz McGuire. I have been designing and making cards for over 10 years, serving on numerous design teams and completing assignments for various papercraft magazines.

Along with my cardmaking I like to try my hand at art journaling, memory keeping, smash books etc. And there is also my new obsession - planners and stationery! So there may be the occasional blog post on these topics.

I do have a real job but that's just to earn enough money to buy paper, stamps, pens and, of course, buttons!

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